I approach this story with scepticism
I think after years in captivity his appetite would be seriously curtailed and so he would eat very small amounts.
( icklepeach *relurks*, Thu 13 Nov 2008, 10:13, archived)

Eyes bigger than his stomach perhaps?

( Mr Gear the gay-maker, Thu 13 Nov 2008, 10:14, archived)

Maybe he was with a big group of friends.

( Comma, Thu 13 Nov 2008, 10:15, archived)

After I spent four years as a hostage, I ate loads

( Bobson I who milks the milkmen?, Thu 13 Nov 2008, 10:15, archived)

You ate loads before though
because you are on the internet, ergo you are a fatty fat fat.
( Undulating Tentacles of Love getting fun down to acceptable levels, Thu 13 Nov 2008, 10:23, archived)

:( i'm a thinny

( Bobson I who milks the milkmen?, Thu 13 Nov 2008, 10:24, archived)

Not to mention
He'd be fucking sick to death of rice.
( Lord Gnome, Thu 13 Nov 2008, 10:15, archived)

..yeah, but this had cheese on it

( Mr Gear the gay-maker, Thu 13 Nov 2008, 10:16, archived)

silly Gnome, terrorists eat babies, not rice.

( WormuIus, Thu 13 Nov 2008, 10:21, archived)

Keep on message
babies freedom
( Lord Gnome, Thu 13 Nov 2008, 10:25, archived)

Maybe he had a really big doggy-bag.

( Druid, Thu 13 Nov 2008, 10:16, archived)

He just sat on the toilet and ate continuously for 16 hours

( Theoban What of it, Thu 13 Nov 2008, 10:17, archived)

IIRC, the appetite is not diminished, however he would have to be careful not to over-eat as he could kill himself.
A large number of concentration camp victims died as a result of overeating after liberation.
( The Teviot Moose major 5th., Thu 13 Nov 2008, 10:32, archived)

I've heard that
Never seen anything to back it up, so I'm not sure if it's an urban myth.
( Lord Gnome, Thu 13 Nov 2008, 10:35, archived)